Der Messe liegt der lateinische Liturgietext zu Grunde. Die vier Sätze nehmen uns mit auf eine metaphysische Reise vom Himmel zur Erde, vom himmlischen Echo des 'The Spheres' überschriebenen Kyrie bis...
The epic music and medieval, mystical text blend in this 14-minute one-movement major work, shifting between shadows and light. With a prominent piano presence and a string quartet background, this is...
With a sound at once modern and medieval, this remarkable setting of the familiar Latin text starts in unison and evokes plain chant, and gradually unfolds into wider harmonies and more modern harmoni...
Auf den lateinischen Text Pulchra es amica mea aus Song of Solomon gesetzt, ist diese einfach zu erstellende Komposition eine großartige Auswahl für Hochschul-, Kirchen- und Gemeindechöre. Mit Musik,...
Basierend auf einem Choral aus dem letzten Satz seiner "Sunrise Mass" hat der Komponist die schöne Melodie zu einer freistehenden Hymne mit Klavier und optionalem Streichquartett entwickelt. Eine zugä...
Commissioned by the St. Olaf Festival in Trondheim, Norway, 'Even When He Is Silent' masterfully expresses the sentiment of the text - hope in times of despair. Beautifully melodic, with rich harmonic...
Ursprünglich sollte mit dieser schön gesetzten Melodie für gemischten Chor (SSAATTBB) das berühmte Gedicht Stopping By Woods von Robert Frost vertont werden. Nachdem dies jedoch aus rechtlichen Gründe...
Diese SATB-Vertonung des Ave Generosa von Hildegard von Bingen verwendet eine ergreifend freudige Tonalität und ist eine Hommage an die geheimnisvolle Geschichte Marias. Ein schöner Mittelteil wird vo...
Die Noten des Pianisten und Dirigenten mit der Transkription von Ola Gjeilos Klavierimprovisation über seine Ubi Caritas (SATB-Version/08501631), wie sie vom Komponisten und dem Central Washington Uni...
Ever get a tune stuck in your head? Anders Edenroth's playful, humorous composition features a wickedly catchy tune and clever lyrics, with a repeating refrain and verse structure that make this a ple...
Besonders bemerkenswert ist diese Version des alten lateinischen Textes Ubi Caritas, die zugleich modern und mittelalterlich zu klingen scheint auch in dieser Version für Männerstimmen. Das anfänglich...
Using the Latin Pulchra es amica mea text from Song of Solomon, this composition is a great selection for high school women's choruses and above. With music inspired by the aurora borealis atmospheric...
This haunting work from Ola Gjeilo for women's chorus from the album Winter Songs will be a be a beautiful addition to your program any time of the year. Can be performed with piano only or with piano...
Spes is a joyous unaccompanied work formore advanced treble choirs. The composer has combined two texts about hope - one in Sami (a language from northern Scandinavia) and the other in Latin from Eccl...
For the setting of Lux Aurumque, the composer chose the Latin translation of an Edward Esch poem, enhancing the elegant simplicity of this new work. The tight harmonies will need to be carefully balan...
Just plain cool - there's no other way to describe it! The Real Group's Anders Edenroth has created a witty, sophisticated examination of the nature of 'words' - their sense, their social role, and th...
Jeder Satz dieser Suite ist eine 'musikalische Postkarte', die romatische und intensive Momente einer Reise durch die Schweiz wiedergibt. Die Lieder sind der aus Jerusalem stammenden Hila Plitman, die...
Looking for something absolutely extraordinary? This exciting, adventurous piece sets an unusual Latin text to music that ranges in style from renaissance dance to shimmering chorales to chant, and in...
This moving, lush and symphonic work with piano and string quartet has a contrasting brighter, lighter feel than Dark Night of the Soul. Added contemporary text describes the divine spirit of all art....
The powerful fusion of Octavio Paz's words and Eric Whitacre's musical imagery has made this work a favorite with good high school choirs and beyond in the U.S. and abroad. Spanish text. Available: SA...
An absolutely stunning work from Ola Gjeilo featuring improvised piano and tenor saxophone. The composer has set the text with care through a melody and accompaniment that paints a soundscape of emoti...
A flowing piano accompaniment and melody that capture the mystery of this beautiful Rossetti text. From Ola Gjeilo's album Winter Songs. Can be performed with piano only or with piano and string quart...
Called the unofficial anthem of South Africa, this historic freedom song was used as the battle call at the 2010 Soccer World Cup. With congas and djembe, some easy movements and a strong engagement f...
This collection features three instrumental pieces from Ola Gjeilo's Winter Songs CD (Decca Classics, 2017), plus a piano version of Across the Vast, Eternal Sky - here all scored for solo piano.
Pronounced 'geu-ta' (hard 'g') - this work has its name from the Faeroe Islands in the Northern Atlantic. The music line and wordless vocal jazz treatment fuses with ethnic folk music in a truly origi...
An incredibly popular song from The Real Group - a jazzy, fun, upbeat concert work. Features syncopated, Latin-like rhythms and witty lyrics, with repeated figures that make this easier to teach and l...
Ola Gjeilo's three-work set of Ubi Caritas settings is now complete with Sacred Heart. Musically independent from his other two Ubi Caritas settings, Sacred Heart can stand alone or be performed with...
If you need a stunning opening for your next concert, this may be it! Of simple A-B-A form, its joyful and celebratory starting and closing sections frame a more serene middle part. The Latin Exsultat...
Dieses bemerkenswerte Werk entfaltet seine Wirkung am besten, wenn es von einem gut besetzten und geübten Chor zusammen mit einem Violin- oder Cellosolisten aufgeführt wird. Der lateinische Text und d...
This perennially popular song from The Real Group is now available for treble voices, allowing younger school choirs to get into a jazzy groove with this fun, upbeat concert work. Features syncopated,...
A stunning composition that combines three sections, all on the beautiful Maria text, each section with its own expression. It gives the opportunity for the choir to express phrase and dynamics, text...
This setting of Hildegard von Bingen's Ave Generosa text uses a hauntingly joyful tonality, paying homage to the mysterious story of Mary. A beautiful middle section is surrounded by contrasting, moda...
The Wisdom of the Moon expresses how easy it is to be happy when things are difficult, but how we all need to learn how to perservere during difficult times. A sentiment of hope that is reflected in t...
Besonders bemerkenswert ist diese Version des alten lateinischen Textes Ubi Caritas, die zugleich modern und mittelalterlich zu klingen scheint. Das anfänglich unisono gesungene Werk entfaltet immer m...
This challenging vocal jazz arrangement of It Don't Mean a Thing captures the energy and pizazz of Duke Ellington's original. For skilled singers - not a dull moment! Duration: Approx. 3:10 MP3 Record...
Lux Beata Trinitas and Iam Sol Recedit were written as a pair, but can be performed separately as individual works. Along with the musical flow between the two and the instrumentation, they are linked...
A thrilling setting of English, Basque, and Latin texts that proclaim the joy of singing to God. Already much-loved around the world from various performances at the 2011 World Choral Symposium and th...
Scenes from Gjeilo's majestic native Norway inspired this contemporary poem. Words and music are fused in a poignant, yet lyrical work with a pulse of its own. An exellent festival choice for mature w...
The sweeping melody line of this work blends smoothly with a sense of symphonic chorale. The Silvestri text begins with the last words in Gjeilo's 2011 Tundra, here painting a world of light. An excel...
Based on a chorale motif from the last movement of his Sunrise Mass, the composer has developed the beautiful melody into a free-standing anthem. Optional String Quartet or Ensemble available. Duratio...
This refreshing work from Ola Gjeilo employs a folk-like sound to capture Yeats' wonderfully descriptive words about the Lake Isle of Innisfree. The movement in the piano, the strumming of the guitar,...
Eine fließende Klavierbegleitung und Melodie, die das Geheimnis dieses schönen Rossetti-Textes einfangen. Aus dem Album Winter Songs von Ola Gjeilo. Kann mit Klavier allein oder mit Klavier und Streic...
Arranged for the 2018 Georgia All-State Men's Chorus, Ryan Murphy's arrangement of Music in the Air brings the song to an exciting new life. This setting includes a driving piano accompaniment and sin...
with Piano and Bell (or Triangle). Duration: ca. 3:15.
An authentic, haunting folk song arranged in a unique style that will make this choice stand out in your concert. With English text and simple pronunciation guide for singing in original language. Dur...
Akekho Ofana No Jesu is an African tradition song sung by congregations across the African continent. Extremely dynamic with solos and improvised percussion. The middle section includes double choir -...
An incredible Estonian poem about the mystery and wonder of music. A dynamic build of sound and tone helps to express the importance of the text. Gorgeous harmonies and solid construction. Don't miss...
With its catchy melody, exciting vocal percussion and clever lyrics, this vocal jazz arrangement is simply awesome, and is the feature track on The Real Group's most recent album. Excellent for advanc...
This spiritual, extended work uses the liturgical Latin text. The four movements bring us on a metaphysical journey from the heavens to earth, from the echo of The Spheres (Kyrie) to Identity & The Gr...
This lively and rhythmic arrangement for advanced women's choirs tells of the witches preparing for the pagan rites of spring. Depicting the change from robust festivities to the arrival of the tender...
An SATB adaptation of Ola Gjeilo's Song of the Universal. Walt Whitman's unabashed optimism, exuberance, and unwavering confidence in our deeper humanity is beautifully portrayed through music. For st...
In this suite - inspired by a trip to Switzerland - each song is a 'postcard,' capturing lush, romantic moments in full. The songs are dedicated to Jerusalem born Hila Plitmann - poet of the beautiful...
This up-tempo vocal jazz piece written for The Real Group features sections of scat singing. Left intentionally without dynamic markings, it is meant to get its color from the performers. Enjoy! Durat...
he Fox is a fun, playful, folk song written for treble voices of all ages. The story of a family of sly foxes, this energetic, engaging, and playful arrangement will delight both your singers and your...
Shape this song to your own needs! It is written for high school women's voices, but the added TB line makes it a SSAATB setting for mixed choir. You may have optional guitar and electric bass play th...
From Piae Cantiones (1582), this setting of Gaudete is in a progressive style, yet well suited to the medieval melody. Its energy is derived from the accented rhythms and dance-like percussive element...
A new take on this beloved Latin text, combining more rhythmic passages with sustained chords, this work contains lush harmonies with wonderful dynamic contrast and captures both the celebration and t...
Ein absoluter Höhepunkt für Chorkonzerte ist Water Night von Eric Whitacre. Das zeitlos schöne Werk zieht Sänger und Zuhörer aller Generationen gleichermaßen in seinen Bann.
SATB divisi. In his new setting of a traditional Latin Christmas text, Spanish composer Javier Busto has created a versatile concert gem containing varied textures and tempi. Recorded by the Handarrib...
Inspired by expressions of love in Haitian culture and mythology, the Swedish translation of passages from Song of Solomon has been brought to life by Sten Källman. The style reflects the rhythms and...
This simple spiritual from the Bahamas has a thoughtful message in a lovely musical setting. A true classic in the high school repertoire for years! Available: SATB a cappella.
The text of this work was written by a young junior high Irish boy who very soon after lost his life in a street shooting. And so the poem became the voice of all children, victims in a world of war a...
Masterfully arranged by Vancouver Chamber Choir conductor Jon Washburn, with cymbals and soft handclapping, the sensual but innocent tango melody in the choir gives an expressive background to a 'floa...
A tribute to Mother Mary and her work caring for and educating her son, the Savior of the World. Long, dense melodies with colorful and positive harmonies. The compulsory work for the 2022 Tolosa Chor...
Using the Latin Pulchra es amica mea text from Song of Solomon, this composition is a great selection for high school TTBB choruses and above. With music inspired by the aurora borealis atmospheric li...
El Hambo' is the second installment in a rather loosely-defined series called 'Justly Forgotten Peoples.' (The first installment being 'Pseudo-Yoik.') With a text that means nothing, other than the il...
This movement is the beginning of a Mass called Sunrise, and, according to its composer, it is to be performed with the sense of floating in space. A fine challenge for accomplished high school choirs...
The text explores Leonardo da Vinci's dreams of flying. The blend of Italian madrigal and contemporary style supports the text by C. A. Silvestri.
A true popular classic, this fresh edition is your opportunity to share the image that the composer paints of European gypsy life in the early 1800s. A high school essential. Triangle and tambourine p...
Requiem Novum, ein stimmungsvolles musikalisches Werk des schwedischen Komponisten Mårten Jansson, verwebt Dramatik, Emotion und exquisite Kompositionstechnik zu einem Meisterwerk unserer Zeit. Der Ch...
An incredibly beautiful work by well-loved Estonian composer Pärt Uusberg. The poem speaks of evening and of the images we associate with dusk. Tonalities that are both familiar and otherworldly. This...
Sanctus ist eine fröhliche und dynamische Vertonung des traditionellen Requiem-Textes. Das schöne und zugängliche Chorstück aus dem "Requiem Novum" des Komponisten Mårten Jansson wird hier durch Orgel...
Lithuanian-American composer Kęstutis Daugirdas has set this beloved Latin text with exhuberant character, energy, vitality, and joy. A truly inspiring work, Plaudite, Psallite is a wonderful selectio...
Now available for men's voices only, this elegant setting of the Latin translation of an Edward Esch poem will captivate choir and audience alike. Moderately difficult for an advanced high school choi...
Heart, We Will Forget Him is one movement from Michael Hennagin's Three Emily Dickinson Songs. The imagery of Dickinson's poem comes to life through Hennagin's thoughtful writing. The piano truly acts...
Walt Whitman's unabashed optimism, exuberance and unwavering confidence in our deeper humanity is beautifully portrayed through music in Gjeilo's setting of excerpts of the Song of the Universal poem....
SATB divisi with optional accompaniment. Originally an instrumental work, Swedish composer Gunnar Eriksson has created a remarkable experimental version for choir which is both deceptively simple and...
Autumn is the choral version of Ola Gjeilo's solo piano track of the same name. Inspired by the tranquility of Norwegian nature, the work is a peaceful meditation on the wonder of the earth's changing...
The Crossing and Reflections are two piano works from Gjeilo's Decca Classics label debut (Ola Gjeilo), also featuring Tenebrae and Voces8. The simple sophistication of each of theseworks creates a vi...
Written for the inaugural 2005 Florida TTBB All-State Chorus, this can be performed effectively as a processional. A hopeful, upbeat South African freedom song that continues to motivate singers and l...
A timeless Burt Bacharach song brought to new life by Anders Edenroth. A straightforward and accessible arrangement that celebrates the classic sound of the late '60s.
Nordic Polska is a combination of traditional Swedish and Finnish folksongs arranged for performance by LEVELELEVEN, a combination of The Real Group and Rajaton. Using scatting and nonsense syllables,...
Perhaps the most familiar section of one of the greatest works by Mozart, now available for school choirs. While the original vocal lines have been kept intact, a key modification and simplified piano...
Two short works by the well-known Basque composer evoke colorful images of the calm countryside and nature's beauty. With Spanish text and in a simple four-part setting, the music paints the impressio...
Here is Walton's best loved work of all time - a must for every choir to add to its repertoire! Available: SATB, SSA, TTBB.
The first movement of a mass in progress from this Swedish composer. In addition, the Kyrie is now available. Available: SATB a cappella, SSA a cappella.
Atemberaubende und leicht zugängliche Vertonung des lateinischen Textes 'Lux aeterna' mit üppigen Harmonien für Konzert und Gottesdienst.
SATB Divisi a cappella. A tribute to those affected by Hurricane Katrina, this spiritual setting offers rich sonorities and unexpected harmonic twists. Repeated choral figures develop naturally and su...
